tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post6103410131083509577..comments2023-09-11T06:22:41.615-07:00Comments on Black Diaspora: "What if the woman had been black?"Black Diasporahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-67370479189300476772009-11-08T17:07:11.566-08:002009-11-08T17:07:11.566-08:00@Granny: "[S]ome people take them serious. Th...@Granny: "[S]ome people take them serious. That's not a good thing."<br /><br />I think many of them already have blood on their hand. Words have consequences: they galvanize people to behave well or badly.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-44472830727496753332009-11-08T17:03:35.806-08:002009-11-08T17:03:35.806-08:00@Ernesto: "[A]ppealing to racist crazies is t...@Ernesto: "[A]ppealing to racist crazies is the one reliable thing they have to fall back on. What else do they have? Certainly not any ideas on how to govern."<br /><br />Ernesto, you always have a great deal to add to the conversation.<br /><br />For eight years the Repubs pretty much had their way, and you know the result: two wars, a weak economy, and a loss of national prestige.<br /><br />You'd think they'd be a bit repentant. But, no, they destroyed their party, and now they want to destroy the country.<br /><br />Health care reform, sort of, has cleared one hurdle, but another is just a senate away. <br /><br />What did we get, one, maybe two, Republican votes? We'll do good to get one in the senate.<br /><br />Although my representative voted against it, she's taking a big gamble: her district went for Obama. Now, I don't see her serving another term. It was more important for her to be seen holding hands with fellow Repubs, than to be reelected.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-70216570301368401812009-11-07T22:39:25.927-08:002009-11-07T22:39:25.927-08:00What in the world is with these folks going around...What in the world is with these folks going around spitting on people. I mean that is one the most degrading and humiliating insult you could do towards another human being. <br /><br />Ernesto I agree with you about Bachmann and Beck. Neither are worth two dead flies and are dangerous people. It might not seem like it and people dismiss their antics but they are not good for this country at all because some people take them serious. That's not a good thing.GrannyStandingforTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427949558167014793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-84297774652209358342009-11-07T11:49:55.497-08:002009-11-07T11:49:55.497-08:00She looks about right for a poster child of the wi...She looks about right for a poster child of the wingnut lunatic fringe. <br /><br />It is quite simply fascinating to watch these people self-destruct. There is a pathology at work here, where this seems to be a version of the "Ghost Dancing" movement that swept Native American populations in the latter half of the 19th century or the suicidal cattle killing demise of the Xhosa of South Africa. Or maybe even Jonestown. People feeling marginalized and pushed to the edge, feeling their whole world straining under an impending sense of doom. The important difference here of course is that the Lakota and the Xhosa actually were very much in the process of having their way of life doomed. These creepy conservatives are only imagining their sense of divinely-given entitlement being under fire by the mere presence of a non-white president.<br /><br />It's even more amazing that the Republican Party/Fox News has hitched their star to the out and out craziness of Bachmann and Beck. Then again, maybe it's not...since appealing to racist crazies is the one reliable thing they have to fall back on. What else do they have? Certainly not any ideas on how to govern.Ernestohttp://unitymeansvenceremos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-49985475586020862502009-11-06T12:25:24.253-08:002009-11-06T12:25:24.253-08:00Black Diaspora, I thought you would like Zuky! Too...Black Diaspora, I thought you would like Zuky! Too bad he doesn't post very often, but I enjoy reading his old posts, great writing and always food for thought, just like you!<br /><br />The Lost Hills, yes, sounds like a bad b movie. She just disappeared and they don't care!vanishing pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00162872388532519328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-16057238372929508482009-11-06T12:01:15.372-08:002009-11-06T12:01:15.372-08:00Kathy, thanks for your introduction to Kai at Zuky...Kathy, thanks for your introduction to Kai at Zuky. I find in him a kindred soul. I will search for, and read, his post on the Obama New Yorker cartoon.<br /><br />From what I've read of his writing so far, I think I'm in for a treat.<br /><br />Also, I'll take a look at "White Liberal Conundrum." The title, itself, is intriguing. <br /><br />What's with that Lost Hill substation? It sounds like something out of a bad 'B' movie. What comes to mind is the movie, <i>From Dusk to Dawn</i>. You go into this saloon, but, once there, your chances of leaving get slimmer by the minute.<br /><br />Continue to share with me sites/blogs that you find interesting. It's hard to find the good ones on your own: Too many to choose from, and they don't always come with recommendations, or ratings.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-19858114271552889162009-11-06T11:33:07.589-08:002009-11-06T11:33:07.589-08:00Black Diaspora, I wrote a post about Mitrice at th...Black Diaspora, I wrote a post about Mitrice at the DKos, it got about three comments, one of which accused me of libel, I took the post down.<br /><br /> I still have a lot of questions, like, where the heck are the video tapes of her leaving the police station, also, I found a link about a complaint made by a movie director who says he was mistreated by Lost Hills police when they picked up his fifteen year old son, and his son thought they were going to kidnapp him, he was really scared.<br /><br />I can't take credit for "whiteness syndrome" completely, since Kai, at <a href="http://www.kaichang.net/2009/09/citizens-of-exodus-and-the-human-diaspora.html" rel="nofollow">Zuky</a>, writes about whiteness quite a bit in his blog, you and Kai both have beautiful, gorgeous posts, I think you will like him. His post on the cartoon of the Obama's in the New Yorker is a must read, it is really the best analysis of it out there. The White Liberal Conundrum is also outstanding.vanishing pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00162872388532519328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-7545030827648111952009-11-06T10:09:45.151-08:002009-11-06T10:09:45.151-08:00You're right, Kathy, "whiteness" can...You're right, Kathy, "whiteness" can be an illness. And I like the term, "Whiteness Syndrome." I must remember to use it some time.<br /><br />Our world is so culturally, and racially rich, that it boggles the mind that one group would choose to stand out by insisting on its superiority.<br /><br />I agree: Matrice Richardson is still missing, and her last known location was a Sheriff substation.<br /><br />Not saying they had anything to do with her disappearance, but they would have treated a lost, and helpless dog better than they treated her.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-26348238485480163802009-11-05T13:59:12.866-08:002009-11-05T13:59:12.866-08:00this is a toss up, the woman could be the daughter...this is a toss up, the woman could be the daughter of the kkk, or she could be mentally ill, but my best bet is that she is both, since kkk is extreme mental illness. actually whiteness, (notice i didn't say white people) is a mental illness, much like an addiction, white people who suffer from whiteness syndrome, are blind, unable to see, and in deep denial.<br /><br />there is no doubt that if this woman was Black, she probably be either tased, dead, missing, or spending the rest of her life in prison.vanishing pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00162872388532519328noreply@blogger.com